Secretary of State Antony Blinken, right, gestures, to Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry during a U.S.-Egypt strategic dialogue at the State Department, Monday, Nov. 8, 2021, in Washington, U.S., Alex Brandon/Pool via REUTERS By Reuters Top U.S. diplomat Antony Blinken said on Monday that Egypt had more work to do on human rights amid calls

General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, or ‘Hemeti’, pictured in 2019 (AFP) Middle East Eye By Oscar Rickett The commander of Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF), General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, has stepped out of the shadows to deliver a speech affirming his support for the military coup led by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan. Burhan’s deputy on the

UAE flag flies over a boat at Dubai Marina, Dubai, United Arab Emirates May 22, 2015. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah/File Photo/File Photo By Reuters Non-Muslims will be allowed to marry, divorce and get joint child custody under civil law in Abu Dhabi according to a new decree issued on Sunday by its ruler, state news agency WAM

Civilians attend a pro-government rally to denounce what the organisers say is the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) and the Western countries’ interference in internal affairs of the country, at Meskel Square in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, November 7, 2021. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri By Reuters Tens of thousands of Ethiopians rallied in Addis Ababa on Sunday in

The Federal Government of Somalia has expelled the Deputy Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission for Somalia, Mr Simon Mulongo. A letter November 4th from the foreign ministry accused Simon Mulongo of “engaging in activities that are inconsistent with Amisom’s mandate and security strategy in Somalia,” and ordered him to leave

Credit to Photo Associated Press/Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi. By Reuters A drone laden with explosives targeted the residence of Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi in Baghdad early on Sunday in what the Iraqi military called an attempted assassination, but said Kadhimi escaped unhurt. The attack, which security sources said injured several members of Kadhimi’s

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett reacts during a news conference with Foreign Minister Yair Lapid and Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman (unseen) at the Government Press Office, (GPO) in Jerusalem November 6, 2021. Ohad Zwigenberg/Pool via REUTERS Reuters By Dan Williams JERUSALEM, (Reuters) – Israel stepped up its public opposition on Saturday to a plan by

An ICE high-speed train is seen at the train station of Seubersdorf, southern Germany, on November 6, 2021, after several people were wounded in a knife attack on the train. (dpa/AFP) By Reuters Several people were injured in a knife attack on an express train between the south German cities of Regensburg and Nuremberg on

Credit to Photo/Sierra Leone Telegraph By Reuters Ninety-one people were killed and over 100 wounded in the capital of Sierra Leone on Friday when a fuel tanker exploded following a collision, the central morgue and local authorities said. The government has not yet confirmed the death toll, but the manager of the central state morgue

A man walks on the outskirts of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, November 5, 2021. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri By Reuters Social network Twitter has temporarily disabled its Trends section in Africa’s conflict-hit nation of Ethiopia over threats of physical harm, the company said on Friday, and was monitoring the situation. “Inciting violence or dehumanizing people is against our